δροσόλιθος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δρόσος (drósos, “dew”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dro.só.li.tʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /droˈso.li.tʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðroˈso.li.θos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðroˈso.li.θos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðroˈso.li.θos/
Noun
δροσόλῐθος • (drosólĭthos) m (genitive δροσολῐ́θου); second declension
- kind of gem
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ δροσόλῐθος ho drosólĭthos |
τὼ δροσολῐ́θω tṑ drosolĭ́thō |
οἱ δροσόλῐθοι hoi drosólĭthoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ δροσολῐ́θου toû drosolĭ́thou |
τοῖν δροσολῐ́θοιν toîn drosolĭ́thoin |
τῶν δροσολῐ́θων tôn drosolĭ́thōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ δροσολῐ́θῳ tōî drosolĭ́thōi |
τοῖν δροσολῐ́θοιν toîn drosolĭ́thoin |
τοῖς δροσολῐ́θοις toîs drosolĭ́thois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν δροσόλῐθον tòn drosólĭthon |
τὼ δροσολῐ́θω tṑ drosolĭ́thō |
τοὺς δροσολῐ́θους toùs drosolĭ́thous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δροσόλῐθε drosólĭthe |
δροσολῐ́θω drosolĭ́thō |
δροσόλῐθοι drosólĭthoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Latin: drosolithus
Further reading
- “δροσόλιθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- δροσόλιθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δροσόλιθος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)